| 1943 |
Pizzeria Uno began when Ike Sewell opened a
restaurant in
Chicago that specialized in serving his new creation, deep-dish pizza |
| 1955 |
To handle overflow traffic from the original Pizzeria Uno,
a second Uno restaurant opened one block away from the Original
Uno, called Pizzeria Due |
| 1963 |
Sewell opened Su Casa, a Mexican restaurant,
next door to
Due |
| 1975 |
Aaron Spencer, current Chairman, first
tasted Pizzeria Uno
pizza at a meeting in downtown Chicago |
| 1978 |
Spencer gained Sewell’s approval
to expand the concept to
other markets |
| 1979 |
First Uno restaurant outside of Chicago
opened in Boston |
| 1980 |
The first Uno franchise unit opened
in Washington, D.C. |
| 1987 |
Uno became a publicly owned company
(NYSE:UNO) |
| 1988 |
The 50th Uno restaurant opened in Nashua,
N.H. |
| 1992 |
Uno opened its 100th restaurant in
Revere, Massachusetts |
| 1993 |
Uno’s 50th Anniversary was cited
by Chicago Mayor Richard
Daley with a special resolution |
| 1994 |
Uno added kitchen equipment like sauté stations,
char
broilers, grills and fryers to its restaurants |
| 1995 |
New menu offerings, including steaks,
pastas and fajitas
were introduced |
| 1996 |
Uno unveiled a prototype restaurant
designed to capture the
atmosphere of its Chicago roots |
| 1997 |
Restaurants renamed Pizzeria Uno Chicago
Bar & Grill and
the 150th Uno restaurant opened in Burlington, Vermont |
| 1998 |
“Bigger and Better” menu
is introduced with new items,
larger portions, higher quality ingredients and improved
presentations |
| 1999 |
Won “Choice in Chains” platinum
award by Restaurants &
Institutions magazine |
| 2000 |
Uno was named in Forbes magazine's
annual list of “200
Best Small Companies” for the first time. Uno was ranked
194th |
| 2001 |
Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp. became
a private company
in a $41 million merger with a corporation formed by
Chairman Aaron Spencer and other company executives
Uno was ranked in Nation’s Restaurant News as one
of the top
100 chains in growth by sales. Uno was ranked number 31
|
| 2003 |
Restaurant name evolves to Uno Chicago
Grill
Uno Chicago Grill named the #1 franchise opportunity in
its
category by Entrepreneur Magazine
The company was selected by Franchise Times as one of
the
top 20 companies to watch
Uno Chicago Grill was awarded first runner-up for its
New England Clam Chowder in Boston’s Fourth Annual
Chowderfest
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley declared October 4th
"
Uno Day" in celebration of the 60th birthday of the
deep dish pizza. Over 2500 free slices of Uno deep dish
pizza were given to Chicagoans that day.
Uno opened its 200th restaurant in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
| 2004 |
Uno Chicago Grill was selected by Entrepreneur
Magazine as the best franchise in its category
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